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An introduction to hospitals and inpatient care /

This book offers an overview of key elements of the hospital -- its structure, administration, and its functioning. Students and new clinicians may be so focused on mastering specific clinical skills that they have little time to observe or question the whole process of care. This book looks beyond...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Siegler, Eugenia L., Mirafzali, Saeid, Foust, Janice B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Springer Pub., ©2003.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This book offers an overview of key elements of the hospital -- its structure, administration, and its functioning. Students and new clinicians may be so focused on mastering specific clinical skills that they have little time to observe or question the whole process of care. This book looks beyond acute disease to the environment of care, how it works, how it doesn't work, and how it might improve. Issues discussed include understanding and communicating with families, the basics of hospital finance, how dangerous hospitalization can be to the elderly, and how to minimize errors. Medical stud.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xv, 351 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780826121950
0826121950
9780826121943
0826121942